Constantly Stamping

Global Design Project GDP190: Sketch Challenge

We have a very versatile sketch challenge this week at Global Design Project. I also have another little sneak peek.

As a demonstrator, we are able to pre-purchase certain items from the upcoming 2019-2020 Annual Catalog. The Magnolia Lane Suite is already enormously popular and I just happen to adore magnolias...so it was the very first thing on my wish list.

This beautiful flower is quite large, so I decided to go with a 5.5" square card. I also wanted to use some of the beautiful designer series paper in the suite, so I stayed with the traditional Petal Pink and Mossy Meadow on Whisper White. I used Stampin' Blends Markers to color the images.

To add a touch of interest, I used the partial die-cutting technique to only cut around the top edge of the flower while leaving a solid bottom edge. I left just enough room for the beautiful sentiment. I added a strip of Mossy Meadow behind the image and then popped everything up using Stampin' Dimensionals.

We would love to have you play along with us this week. Be sure to check out what the other talented designers/players have created for this fun challenge at the Global Design Project Challenge Blog.

I WOULD LOVE TO BE YOUR STAMPIN' UP! DEMONSTRATOR

If you are in the United States and need a demonstrator, then you can order your supplies in my online store here.

Global Design Project GDP189: Color Challenge

We have very VIVID color challenge this week at the Global Design Project. I wasn't quite sure how I was going to pull this one off, but I gave it a try. Seriously, you may need to put on sunglasses to view the cards in this challenge.I am fairly certain I never would have picked this color combo on my own, but WOW! I decided to use some of the retiring DSP and mix it with a sneak peek of a new host stamp set coming in just a few weeks called Believe You Can (#149433). I stamped the focal point with VersaMark ink and then heat embossed it with silver embossing powder. I trimmed down the image and then layered it on Whisper White cardstock cut with the coordinating Stitched Nested Labels Dies (#149638).

To color the stamped image, I had to get a little creative. I don't have Stampin' Blends markers for all of the challenge colors, so I used Dark Pineapple Punch, Light Bermuda Bay, Dark Highland Heather, Light Pool Party, Light Smoky Slate and Granny Apple Green combo. For most of the colors (except the Granny Apple Green) I added shading with dry watercolor pencils (Daffodil Delight, Gorgeous Grape, and Coastal Cabana.

I added a thread nest behind the element and also added some rhinestones to some of the floral centers.

Be sure to check out what the other talented designers/players have created for this colorful challenge at the Global Design Project Challenge Blog. We would love to have you play along with us this week. 

I WOULD LOVE TO BE YOUR STAMPIN' UP! DEMONSTRATOR

If you are in the United States and need a demonstrator, then you can order your supplies in my online store here.

Have a blessed day!

Global Design Project #GDP188: CASE Challenge

This week at the Global Design Project challenge blog we are CASEing this lovely card by Brian King. Here's what I see when I look at Brian's card...a vibrant spring color pallet, flowers, and my favorite Gingham Gala DSP.

It always amazes me how we can all be inspired by the same card and come up with something entirely different. Most of the GDP design team focused on the card layout, while I decided to focus on the color pallet and gingham paper. This is the beauty of CASEing...finding what inspires YOU!

The flowers are from the Tea Together stamp set and coordinating Tea Time die set. I stamped them on Whisper White cardstock with Versamark ink and then heat embossed with white embossing powder. You may have earned this set and/or dies during Sale-a-bration. But if you didn't, the great news is that it is returning in the new 2019-2020 Catalog and will be available on June 3, 2019.

I used three different techniques to color the flowers with Stampin' Blends Markers. First, the leaves are colored traditionally with the Granny Apple Green blends combo. Next, the blue flowers are colored with a Balmy Blue combo plus the Light Night of Navy marker for additional depth in the shadows. And finally, the small flowers are colored with the tip-to-tip method using Light Real Red and a Color Lifter marker.

The sentiment is from the Ribbon of Courage stamp set (#143855) and stamped in Melon Mambo ink. This stamp set is retiring soon, so if you want it, you need to order it before it goes away at the end of this month (May 2019).

We would love to have you play along with us this week. Be sure to check out what the other talented designers/players have created for this fun challenge at the Global Design Project Challenge Blog.

I WOULD LOVE TO BE YOUR STAMPIN' UP! DEMONSTRATOR
If you are in the United States and need a demonstrator, then you can order your supplies in my online store here.

Have a blessed day!

 

Fancy Friday Blog Hop - For the Family

Thank you for joining us for our monthly Fancy Friday Blog Hop. The Fancy Friday team consists of some of the most talented Stampin' Up! demonstrators around...all past or current Artisans. If you are hopping with us, you should have just arrived from visiting the talented, Jennifer Frost.  Isn't she amazing!

Our theme this month is "For the Family". With Mother's Day just a few weeks away, I decided to focus on that. I don't really have a lot of sentiments specifically for this occasion, so I used this more generic greeting instead.

For the flowers I used the stamp set I received at OnStage a few weeks ago in Vancouver called Floral Essence. It will be available when the new catalog goes live in June. I stamped the flowers several times on Shimmery White cardstock with Memento ink and then colored them with Stampin' Blends markers. Sadly there aren't any dies available for this set, so I fussy cut them by hand. The design is fairly simple, so it was easy to do.

I am so sad that the Gingham Gala DSP is going away soon, so I wanted to get in at least one more card using this amazing paper. I created what looks like a shaker card, but it is actually more like a shadow box. I was created in much the same way as a shaker, but there isn't an acetate window. It really gives a lot of depth and dimension.

This is always a bitter sweet time of year. On one hand we have the prospect of lots of beautiful new products on the horizon, but on the other hand we say farewell to some of our favorites. Now is the time to act if there is something you really want but have been holding off...get it before it goes away.

I can't wait to see what the other Fancy Friday team members have created. Be sure to hop on over to visit my Canadian bestie, Jennifer Picard. I know you will love her creations!

I WOULD LOVE TO BE YOUR DEMONSTRATOR!

If you are in the United States and need a demonstrator, then you can order your supplies in my online store here.

Have a blessed day!